Tag: environment

In what is a major update, Komatsu has released the 830E-5, a 230 metric tonne capacity dump truck said to be the most technologically advanced 240-US ton class truck the company has produced to date. Powered by a Cummins QSK60...

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is launching Volvo Group’s first machine retail e-commerce tool. The online portal will give customers the opportunity to get in line for the first time to prebook one of Volvo’s new electric compact machines. Signalling...

Advancing safety, improving the environment and harnessing technology is at the heart of every BOMAG machine, helping contractors be more productive, efficient and profitable. However, BOMAG says their innovation reaches beyond the design of industry-leading compaction, milling and asphalt paving equipment and...

The new JCB electric excavator is the quietest digger in its range and delivers zero emissions. Designed to meet a growing need for zero-emission environmentally-friendly construction equipment, JCB CEA will launch the electric-drive 19C-1 E-TEC mini excavator to the market...

It is a unique construction site: the use of machines with an electric drive means deep foundation work can for the first time be executed almost emission-free. With the LB 16 unplugged the first battery-powered drilling rig is used...

Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest iron ore producers, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China's largest steel producer, China Baowu Steel Group and Tsinghua University, one of China's most prestigious and influential universities (the Parties),...

In order to turn aggregates and bitumen into asphalt for road construction, a thermal mixing process is needed – this is what an asphalt mixing plant is used for. When it comes to the production of this “black gold,”...

HCE announced that it had a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of reliability assessment centre and a performance evaluation laboratory for finished equipment on a total land area of 40,000㎡ The project, with a total investment of AUD 95 million,...

SEA Electric has introduced a 100% electric tipper truck. The zero-emission vehicle is powered by a SEA-Drive 100 power system with 100 kWh battery. The battery produces 59 kW of continuous power and 108 kW maximum power. The maximum torque...

Work for CNH Industrial by Ricardo forms part of the APC UK funded Low Carbon Tractor (LoCT) project, which aims to develop a commercially viable agricultural tractor capable of operation on sustainable locally sourced biomethane. The diesel tractor is the...